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Donald W. Brodsky
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Houston
1000 Louisiana
Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77002-5009

T 713.646.1335
F 713.751.1717

Bar Admissions

  • Texas, 1973

Education

  • J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, 1973
  • B.A., Duke University, 1970

Donald W. Brodsky

Don Brodsky focuses his practice on federal securities laws matters, concentrated on serving as long-term outside general counsel to NYSE-listed companies, particularly in the oil and gas exploration and production industry. He has extensive experience with a wide range of public and private offerings of debt and equity securities; continuing SEC reporting and compliance; public and private mergers, acquisitions, exchange offers, reorganizations and asset purchases; going private transactions; public and private investment partnership formation and operations; initial public offerings; and corporate governance, conflict of interest and executive compensation issues.

Mr. Brodsky often has represented clients in structuring business arrangements unique to the oil and gas industry, along with issues involving oil and gas full cost accounting rules, independent petroleum engineering reports and compensation based upon industry performance measures. He has structured and organized over 100 public and private oil and gas partnerships, including their fund-raising, asset purchases, liquidation and deregistration.

Mr. Brodsky also has done substantial work counseling clients in the healthcare industry, especially physician-owned outpatient entities.

Over the past three years Mr. Brodsky has been named among:

  • The Best Lawyers in America
  • Who's Who in America
  • Who's Who in American Law
  • Texas Super Lawyers—Securities & Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Counsel—Best Lawyers—Corporate, M&A and Securities Law

Between 2004 and 2007, Mr. Brodsky served as the head of the nationwide corporate and securities practice group of Jenkens & Gilchrist. He has also been involved in numerous leadership positions in charitable and civic organizations on both a local and national level.

Mr. Brodsky holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

News
12/31/2011 2011 Super Lawyers Announced
11/1/2011 “Best Lawyers in America” Recognizes 111 Baker Hostetler Attorneys
6/10/2011 Chambers USA Recognizes 62 Baker Hostetler Lawyers: Named a Leading Firm in 14 Practice Areas
10/14/2010 2010 "Super Lawyers" Announced
8/25/2010 "Best Lawyers in America" Recognizes 100 Baker Hostetler Attorneys
6/10/2010 Baker Hostetler Named a Top 10 Energy M&A Firm

Quotes
7/30/2010 Houston Business Journal: Brodsky Quoted in Banking Legislation Article
6/11/2010 Houston Business Journal: Taxing Decisions Boost More M&A Deals